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[Hoax?] Gunshot Victims Left Waiting as Horse Dewormer Overdoses Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals, Doctor Says
Rolling Stone ^ | 3 September 2021 | Peter Wade

Posted on 09/04/2021 7:08:47 PM PDT by Fractal Trader

The rise in people using ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug usually reserved for deworming horses or livestock, as a treatment or preventative for Covid-19 has emergency rooms “so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting” access to health facilities, an emergency room doctor in Oklahoma said.

This week, Dr. Jason McElyea told KFOR the overdoses are causing backlogs in rural hospitals, leaving both beds and ambulance services scarce.

“The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated,” McElyea said.

“All of their ambulances are stuck at the hospital waiting for a bed to open so they can take the patient in and they don’t have any, that’s it,” said McElyea. “If there’s no ambulance to take the call, there’s no ambulance to come to the call.”

Yola Cancels Concerts After Testing Positive for Covid-19 DeSantis Determined to Put Kids in Danger, Fights Court Mask Mandate Ruling People getting sick from ivermectin — especially as some people take a formulation of the drug used in livestock — has become so frequent that this month the Food and Drug Administration released a statement imploring Americans to stay away from the drug that has not been approved to treat or prevent Covid-19. “You are not a horse. You are not a cow,” the agency said while linking to an explainer about the dangers of ingesting ivermectin designed for livestock.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: armchairdoctors; covid19; drjasonmcelyea; fakenews; ivermectin; jasonmcelyea; oklahoma; rollingstone
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To: Fractal Trader

You know it’s a lie as soon as they say “ horse dewormer”


61 posted on 09/04/2021 9:58:34 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! I could )
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To: Truthoverpower

The sure sign of a vaxx shill.


62 posted on 09/04/2021 10:15:09 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

63 posted on 09/04/2021 10:46:48 PM PDT by Salamander (We're Pain, We're Steel, A Plot Of Knives....)
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To: Truthoverpower

This is now unintentionally ironic

https://www.wikihow.com/Deworm-Yourself


64 posted on 09/04/2021 10:48:25 PM PDT by Salamander (We're Pain, We're Steel, A Plot Of Knives....)
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To: Fractal Trader

Yes... Its BS.


65 posted on 09/05/2021 12:08:20 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Fractal Trader

Stay out of my medicine Wilbur!


66 posted on 09/05/2021 8:04:38 AM PDT by OSHA
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And will the sacrosanct RS/ Saint Jann, admit they were wrong, apologize? NEVER!


67 posted on 09/06/2021 10:42:45 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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